Earth-scraper



(No Model.)-

H. W. BALL. EARTH SGRAPER.

' No". 243,681. Patented-July 5, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

HIRAM W. BALL, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

EARTH-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,681, dated July 5, 1881..

Application filed March 18, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM W. BALL, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Earth-Scrapers, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, showing all the parts of the same. Fig. 2 is aview of the band which covers the curved part of the wooden end piece, A, being attached to said end piece by screws, and the endsof which are curved for the reception of the handles of the improved scraper. Fig. 3 is a piece the one end of which is turned at right angles, and serves to hold in place the end piece, A. Fig. 4 is the end piece, A, with its band B.

In the construction of the improved scraper, Ais an end piece, formed of wood.

B is a. band, which covers the curved part of the said end piece, being attached to the same by screws or bolts, and serving to give strength to said end piece. The ends of the band, being curve-d, form the receptacles for holding the handles of the improved scraper.

E is a rod, which passes through the holes in the said band and along the upper edge of the said end piece, A, (which edge may have a groove in it for the reception of said r0d,)and through holes in the upper corners of the body of the scraper.

O is a continuous piece, one end of which is bent at right angles, as shown at D. The said part D, passing up along the outside of the end piece, A, forms a perfect support for keeping the said end piece in place. The part of the said piece 0 shown at 8 passes around the edge of the band B. The said band B, being screwed fast to the piece A, forms a sort of 40 flange at the rear of the said piece A, thus,in connection with the said curved part 8, giving additional strength to the said piece A. The said piece 0, at the bent portion 8, has a small hole, through which a bolt passes, the said bolt at the same time passing through a hole near the rear edge of the scraper. The piece 0 is connected with the bottom of the scraper, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus stiffening the bottom of the scraper.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The part 0, having the angles shown, in combination with the end piece, A, the band B, and the stay-rod E.

2. The band B, in combination with the end piece, A, the body of the scraper, and the rod E.

3. The band B, with loops for the handles, and constructed to form a support or brace for the end piece, A.

HIRAM W. BALL.

Witnesses:

SAML. V. EssIoK, JOHN D. EssIoK. 

